Gordium

In classical times, the young king Alexander of Macedonia shocked the entire ancient world by solving the challenge of the knotted cord found in Gordium.

The Future of the Health-Care System 2001

Then he subdued the Pisidians who made head against him, and conquered the Phrygians, at whose chief city Gordium, which is said to be the seat of the ancient Midas, he saw the famous chariot fastened with cords made of the rind of the corner-tree, which whosoever should untie, the inhabitants had a tradition, that for him was reserved the empire of the world.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Then he subdued the Pisidians who made head against him, and conquered the Phrygians, at whose chief city Gordium, which is said to be the seat of the ancient Midas, he saw the famous chariot fastened with cords made of the rind of the cornel-tree, about which the inhabitants had a tradition, that for him who should untie it, was reserved the empire of the world.

The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch; being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls 46-120? Plutarch 1884

On his arrival at Gordium, which is said to have been the capital of King Midas of old, he was shown the celebrated chariot there, tied up with a knot of cornel-tree bark.

Plutarch's Lives Volume III. 46-120? Plutarch 1839

The "Gordium" of Phrygia and the "Gordonia" of Macedonia are also names that suggest an Eastern rather than a Northern origin.

The Life of Gordon, Volume I Demetrius Charles Boulger 1890

The ice was beginning to break up on the streams of the Anatolian plateau when the Macedonans at last arrived at Celaenae midway on the march to Gordium.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

In the weeks since Alexander had left Gordium, he and his weary army had marched hundreds of miles over deserts, mountains, and volcanic wastelands, but they were finally back on the Mediterranean coast.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

If he withdrew, he would grant him sovereignty over all the territory of Asia Minor from the Aegean to the Halys River near Gordium.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

Gordian Knot: Gordium was the capital of ancient Phrygia in central Asia Minor.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

News arrived at Gordium that the Persian general Memnon had been busy in the Aegean while Alexander was campaigning in Asia.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011